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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

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Sony Global Education Inc. says it has developed a system to bring “blockchain” technology–meant to serve as a decentralized-yet-secure system for transmitting data–to education, as the concept slowly begins to attract attention in the K-12 space. Goodbye, Middleman?

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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How might new technologies – education or otherwise – and new economies reshape “what counts” as a credential , “what counts” as credit? If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. By Khan Academy. Preferably from Stanford.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Intercept : “These Are the Technology Firms Lining Up to Build Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.” Impero Software has been acquired by Investment Technology Partners which paid $36.3